risa vetri ferman in a somewhat difficult position. she's been called to investigate kane and possibly bring charges. what do you think's going on behind the scenes? >> that she's doing her job. i like risa ferman. i think she does a good job. she'll be fair. but i think that kathleen kane has always had issues, since day one. she was at the right place at the right time. she had the money. she got in. but she doesn't know what she's doing. and dom is absolutely right, and so is pedro. there's a problem, and it makes pennsylvania look bad. who is really in charge? what is going on? what is the top person supposed to be doing? right now she's not doing anything, and i think it's horrible, and she should step down. >> there's a big tragedy here. she was golden when she came in. if she had just kept her head down, did her job, she would have had a great political future. but she was a novice politician. she thought she was gonna be political and do her friends favors in the office, and she, in doing so, alienated the career prosecutors th

k-7 were spent in the ferman gardens housing projects of detroit, michigan. i wasn't supposed to graduate from high school, i had below a c average but i was socially passed. [inaudible] if a disability and [inaudible] cause in joining the army, i could have claimed a stuttering problem and walked away easily but i felt i wanted to serve my country. for me, it was the most transformational experience in my life. the one thing i received 8 weeks of in-patient treatment at walter reid army medical center for stuttering. i had never been with a group of stutterers before, we used to joke about, we're going to get out of the army and become disjock kis. i didn't know that i would later earn my living lecturing to university students around the world, so for that and many other things that i gained during my military services, i'm deeply grateful. in my career, i overcame one of my disabilities, present ones, learning disabilities, after having been rejected to go to the school of my choice, michigan state university, i got that letter that says you have not yet d

. >> reporter: paul ferman opened his business at the start of the drought. >> a lot of people are taking their lawns now. >> reporter: under the governor's water cuts, the town of silfer is on the top tear with a mandatory 36% cut. it's an upscale community that has streets lined with lush lawns and wasted water. >> i don't think it's a good idea. especially with the drought. >> reporter: deena lives just a few houses down from the hield sburg border. >> i come a couple of days and pick these. >> reporter: her lawn used to look a lot of different. >> this used to be grass. >> reporter: lots and lots of grass. >> we don't have any grass anymore. >> reporter: the backyard is fake grass. the lawn mower gone. >> we gave it to gardener. everybody stops and looks and we get comments all the time. >> reporter: that can only be good for a business that specializes in giving yards a california make over. >> californians have a tendency to want to grow tropical stuff and make it look like hawaii. >> reporter: because the hawaiian look doesn't work in a drought. that nursery owner says what all thi

now it looks like it's up to risa vetri ferman to decide what's going to happen. this week she came out and said she's gonna be very fair about it, but the expectation seems to be that, ultimately, she is probably going to bring charges. do you guys have a sense one way or the other? >> i'll defer to brian. [ laughs ] >> i mean, i have no, you know... i think the burden is getting so big, in terms of attorney general kane, and it is just one thing after another. the other issue, congratulations to the inquirer. people want to know what is important. angela couloumbis and craig mccoy, their investigative work, which is very difficult to do, comes up with this other part of it, which is that when a proposed casino, fellow named denaples, his application was perhaps, it seems like, was being scrutinized by another employee at the attorney general's office, who was -- excuse me, at the casino control commission -- a friend of hers. the prosecution or investigation was deferred. all of these sorts of things start to add up, and you start to say, "this seems like she's

the case is in the hands of risa ferman. kane maintains she didn't break any law. >>> hillary clinton has signed a lease at a building in new york that analysts believe could be her campaign headquarters. a person familiar with the plan says clinton signed the lease for two floors in a brooklyn heights office. according to political insiders clinton is expected to announce she's running for president in the coming weeks. >>> now to the race for philadelphia mayor. the candidates are getting ready to scare off in a debate next week. they'll answer questions ranging from education funding to pension payments. nbc 10 and telemundo 62 is proud to partner with the greater philadelphia chamber of commerce to host the debate for philadelphia mayor. it will be held on tuesday night at the kimmel center. jim rosenfield will moderate the debate which you can watch right here on nbc 10. we want to give you a chance to submit your questions to the candidates. click on the nbc 10 news app orìáhp &hc% go to our website, nbc10.com. tomorr

risa ferman says her review will determine if a more detailed investigation is needed into the allegations against attorney general kathleen kane. the state supreme court determined yesterday that a judge acted properly when appointing a special prosecutor who looked into how a newspaper got a hold of secret grand jury material last year. kane says she hasn't broken any laws but she could now face charges of perjury obstruction false swearing and official oppression. >>> higher taxes for better schools. that's the sales pitch being made by mayor nutter these days but the city lawmakers on the receiving end of that proposal are so far turning a cold shoulder. philadelphia's financially troubled schools are once again caught in the middle avenue fight between elected officials. our bruce gordon live in the newsroom tonight to explain what's at stake. >> reporter: at circumstance $105 million. money the city would like to dedicate to philadelphia public schools, but how to raise that money. that is where the trouble starts starts. >> through another year of crowded classrooms, program cuts an

were some head winds that our economy was dealing with and the most significant of those as jason ferman pointed out in his blog post. jace jason is the president's top economist. he indicated one of the contributors to the disappointing gdp number is the weak demand overseas for american goods. some of that is the result of the strong dollar. but in the president's mind it highlights the need for the united states to engage in the kinds of trade agreements that are going to open up american goods and services to more markets and allow american goods and services to more deeply penetrate in those markets and take away the barriers you have to overcome to the business overseas. 95% of the world's markets are beyond our borders. and that's why the president has been so tenacious in trying to pursue the kinds of agreements that are in the best interest of american workers and american businesses. the legitimate concern that the president has is that the refusal on the parts of the united states to engage in these kinds of talks and agreements only opens up an avenue for china to step in and